Lighter



lf ntented cc. 3, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE KARL SCHREER, OFERLANGEN, NEAR NUREMBERG, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO M. E. BERNHARDT COMPANY,INC., OF NEW YORK, N. 'Y., A. CORPORATION OF NEW YORK LIGHTERApplication filed August 4, 1928, Serial No.

This invention relates to lighters and more specifically to what arecommonly known as cigar and cigarette lighters, the primary ob ject ofthe invention sing to provide a de vice of this character in which thelighter mechanism is movable relatively to a container so as to eitherenclose the lighter mechanism or project it from the container inposition for use.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will beof neat and attractive appearance and which will most efficientlyperform the functions for which it is intended.

llith these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claims.

1n the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved lighter in closed inoperative position;

Figure 2 is a similar View showing the lighter in open or projectedoperative position;

Figure 3 is a view in section longitudinally of the casing when thelighter mechanism is withdrawn and enclosed;

Figure 41 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the lighter mechanismprojected and in operative position;

Figure 5 illustrates the casing in section with the lighter mechanismremoved and in elevation;

Figure 6 is a view in section on the line 66 of Figure 3.

1 represents the outer or enclosure casing of my improved device, andthis outer casing includes a pair of disks having inwardly turnedmeeting flanges 2, 2 secured together in any approved manner. Theseflanges 2, 2 are cut away forming an opening 3 and a slot 1communicating therewith for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

A disk 5 is mounted to turn within the casing 1 and is of approximatelythe same diameter as the casing 1. This disk 5 has a laterallyprojecting flange 6 at its edge with 297,479, and in Germany August 29,1827.

an opening 7 provided in the flange of a length corresponding to thecombined length of the opening 3 and slot 4 in casing 1.

lVithin the casing 1 a lighter mechanism is adapted to be housed andthis lighter mechanism includes a reservoir 8 for benzine or otherliquid fuel and a packing such as is commonly employed in the art.

The reservoir 8 has a tube 9 fixed therein with a check valve 10 at itslower end. This tube 9 is adapted to support a removable post 11bifurcated at its upper outer end and in which bifurcated end a toothedwheel 12 is mounted which engages a block 13 of pyrophoric alloy orother sparking material located within the hollow post 9.

In this post 9 a spring 14 is provided, exerting pressure on the block13, and a set screw 15 is provided in the end of the post to regulatethe pressure of the spring and consequent frictional engagement of thesparking block 13 against the wheel 12.

A wick tube 17 projects through the wall of reservoir 8 adjacent thewheel 12 and supports a wick 18 which extends into the reservo1r.

The hollow or tubular post 11 and the tube 9 are so shaped as to preventany turning movement of the post in the tube. This may be accomplishedsimply by flattening one wall of the post and tube, as illustratedclearly in Figure 6.

To fill or charge the reservoir with benzine or other liquid it issimply necessary to draw the post 11 out of the tube 9 and pour theliquid through the tube past the check valve 10.

The reservoir 8 with this arrangement of sparking wheel 12 and wick 18constitutes what may be termed the sparking mechanism ceiving the pin 22so as to freely pivot on said pin.

The disk 5 is made with a somewhat radially positioned slot 24 receivinga pin 25 5 on the reservoir 8 at a point removed from the pivot pin 22.A knob 26 is secured to the flange 6 of disk 5 and has a reduced shankportion movable in the slot 1 of the outer casing 1.

The operation of my improved device is as follows:

Normally the parts are as shown in Figures 1 and 2, that is, with thelighter mechanism wholly enclosed in the casing 1 and the knob 26 movedto one extreme position, as illustrated in the drawing. To move thelighter mechanism to operative position the knob 26 is moved to theright of Figures 1 and 3, causing the disk 5 to turn. This movement ofthe disk 5 by reason of the engagement of pin with the slot 24 in thedisk 5 will cause the lighter mechanism to move upward ly and outwardly,as indicated in Figures 2 and 4, said lighter mechanism pivoting on 25the pin 22. This movement of the knob 26 also in turning thedisk 5brings the opening 7 in the flange 6 of said disk into register with theopening 3 so that an opening or space is provided through which thewheel 12 and the 30 wick 18 are projected, and positioned for operation.When the knob 26is moved in the oppositedirection the lighter mechanismas a whole will move inwardly and down- I wardly and be completelyenclosed as above stated.

' While I have illustrated what I believe to be a preferred embodimentof my invention, it is obvious various changes and alterations might bemade in the general form of the parts described without departing frommy invention and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details setforth but consider myself at liberty to make such changes andalterations as 'fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appendedclaims.

I claim: 7 1. A device of the character described, including an outercasing having an opening in its wall, a disk mounted to turn in thecasing and having an opening therein adapted to register with theopening in the wall of the casing, means for imparting a turningmovement to the disk, a lighter mechanism normally enclosed in thecasing and having pivotal mounting at one portion and having a pinremote from said pivotal portion, said disk having a slot thereinreceiving the pin wall, a flanged disk mounted in the casing, having anopening in the flange adapted to register with the opening in thecasing, a knob secured to said flange adapted to turn the same by manualmanipulation, said disk having opposed concentric slots therein, pins onthe casing projecting into said slots, a lighter mechanism including areservoir pivotally connected to one of said pins, a slot and pinconnection between said reservoir and the disk whereby the turningmovement of the disk causes the reservoir to be moved toward and awayfrom said opening, a sparking wheel carried by the reservoir, sparkingmaterial carried by the reservoir in engagement with the wheel, and awick carrier ad jacent the wheel, said sparking wheel and wick carrierbeing movable through said opening when the disk is turned in onedirection and moved into and enclosed in the casing when the disk ismoved in the opposite direction.

3. A device of the character described, including an outer casing,having an opening in its wall, a lighter mechanism movably mounted inthe casing, a member normally closing the opening in the casing, saidmember operatively connected to the lighter mechanism whereby when themember is moved to uncover the opening in the casing the lightermechanism will be projected through the opening.

4. A device of the character described, including an outer casing,having an opening inits wall, a lighter mechanism movably mounted in thecasing, a member normally closing the opening in the casing, said memberoperatively connected to the lighter mechanism whereby when the memberis moved to uncover the opening in the casing the lighter mechanism willbe projected through the opening, said lighter mechanism having aneccentric mounting within the easing and having a partial turningmovement imparted by the said member.

KARL SCHREER.

whereby a pivotal movement is imparted to the lighter mechanism when thedisk is turned so as to project the sparking mechanism of the lightermechanism through said opening into the casing and into operativeposition.

2. A device of the character described in- ,65 cludinga casing having anopening in its

